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One of this year’s biggest South By Southwest buzz bands, British indie pop act the xx scored huge acclaim with its maiden release, 2009’s xx, propelled by the singles “Crystalised,” “Islands,” “Basic Space” and “VCR,” as well as the AT&T commercial featuring Olympic speed skater Apolo Ohno and the song, “Intro.” The xx’s shoegazey soul, informed by the Cure, Pixies, Aaliyah and New Order, harks back to the house/trip-hop of Portishead.The combination of singer/bassist Oliver Sim’s and singer/guitarist Romy Madley Croft’s sleepy vocals and the band’s minimalist instrumentation has a hypnotic effect accurately characterized as “dream pop.” They got together at London’s Elliott School, the same place that produced fellow hypno-pop rockers Hot Chip; originally a foursome rounded out by beatmaker Jamie Smith and keyboardist Baria Qureshi, they’ve decided to carry on as a trio following Qureshi’s departure.
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- The 2010 Lineup
- Amos Lee
- Angus & Julia Stone
- Ashley Cleveland & Kenny Greenberg
- Asleep at the Wheel
- Balmorhea
- Band of Horses
- Basia Bulat
- Beach House
- Bear in Heaven
- Beats Antique
- Blind Pilot
- Blues Traveler
- Broken Bells
- Buddy & The Straight Way Travelers
- Cage the Elephant
- Caitlin Rose
- Carolyn Wonderland
- Charlie Mars
- Chief
- Dan Black
- David Bazan
- Dawes
- Deadmau5
- Devendra Banhart and the Grogs
- Donavon Frankenreiter
- Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
- Elizabeth Mitchell
- First Aid Kit
- Foals
- Frances England
- Frank Turner
- GIVERS
- Gayngs
- Girls
- Gogol Bordello
- Gospel Stars
- Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
- Heavenly Voices
- JD & The Straight Shot
- JJ Grey & Mofro
- Jones Family Singers
- Kings Go Forth
- Kinky
- LCD Soundsystem
- Lissie
- Local Natives
- Lucero
- M.I.A.
- Manchester Orchestra
- Martin Sexton
- Matt and Kim
- Maxim Ludwig & The Santa Fe Seven
- Mayer Hawthorne & The County
- Midlake
- Miike Snow
- Monsters of Folk
- Muse
- MyNameIsJohnMichael
- NINJASONIK
- Norah Jones
- Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible
- Okee Dokee Brothers
- Ozomatli
- Pat Green
- Pete Yorn
- Phish
- Ponderosa
- Portugal. The Man
- Q Brothers
- Qbeta
- Rebelution
- Richard Thompson
- Robert Earl Keen
- Robert Randolph & The Family Band
- Ruby Jane
- Run With Bulls
- Ryan Bingham & The Dead Horses
- SPEAK
- Sahara Smith
- Sarah Harmer
- The School of Rock All Stars
- Shearwater
- Silversun Pickups
- Slightly Stoopid
- Sonic Youth
- Spoon
- Switchfoot
- T Bird and the Breaks
- TV Torso
- Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
- The Band of Heathens
- The Black Keys
- Black Lips
- The Constellations
- The Dough Rollers
- The Eagles
- The Ettes
- The Flaming Lips
- The Gaslight Anthem
- The Henry Clay People
- The Jane Shermans
- The Jellydots
- The Kicks
- The Morning Benders
- The Mountain Goats
- The National
- The Relatives
- The Soft Pack
- The Strokes
- The Sword
- The Temper Trap
- The Verve Pipe
- The Very Best
- The xx
- Those Darlins
- Tom Freund
- Trombone Shorty & Orleans Avenue
- Two Door Cinema Club
- Two Tons of Steel
- Vampire Weekend
- Vonnegutt
- Warpaint
- Wesley Bray & The Disciples of Joy
- White Rabbits
- Yeasayer
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i was so excited to see them as well... until i saw them at Bonnaroo this year.. BORING. seriously.. I like their sound but the live performance but me to sleep...
mmks , about 1 year agoThey're always great!! http://fuckyeahthexx.tumblr.com/
Jeni Jacques , about 1 year agoecstatic that I stumbled across these guys thsi morning. By far the most anticipated show for me....so far. Lovin' The xx!
Nicole Bailey , about 1 year agoI think you're right!
Pretty Words , about 1 year agothis is gonna be amazing!
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